On-Site Testing and Certification of Large-Size Concentrating Tracking Solar Thermal Collector for Medium-Temperature CSP or SHIP Plants

Abstract

The certification of large-size Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) or variable geometry collectors is possible through international standards ISO 9806 and IEC 62862-5-2. However, those concentrating solar collectors have a large-size design that makes it more complicated to test in an accredited permanent laboratory. So, the most common way to accredit those solar products is through on-site testing. In this study, one large-size LFR and one boosted Evacuated Tube Collector (ETC) with lateral reflectors were tested in-site according to the standard ISO 9806.

Keywords

• Large-Size Collector
• Solar Collector Testing
• On-Site Testing
• Optical Simulation
• SHIP